Verbs in Medieval English: Differences in Verb Choice in Verse and Prose (Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL], 17) (Hebrew and English Edition)

Children's Books

Ogura, Michiko

Religions

De Gruyter Mouton

The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

Verbs in Medieval English (Topics in English Linguistics)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

This monograph is a study of words and expressions of emotion found in Old and Middle English texts. Lexical variety, rivalry among synonyms, both native and non-native, and their successive replacement are discussed illustrated with a large number of examples. «Impersonal» and reflexive constructions, which give peculiar features to medieval texts, are examined, focusing on basic verbs of emotion. Words found in the Seven Deadly Sins and the contrasting use of the genitive and the of-phrase in God’s love and the love of God are treated as typical medieval themes. Appendices are added to illustrate the variant forms of these words and expressions in the versions of the Gospels and the Psalter, together with formulaic expressions of emotion in Old English poetry.

Words and Expressions of Emotion in Medieval English (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature)

British & Irish

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

This monograph presents Old English renderings of Christian words found in interlinear glosses, especially the Gospels and the Psalter glosses. Nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs in biblical contexts are included through dialectal (Northumbrian, Mercian, and West Saxon) diachronic (early and late West Saxon) and idiolectal (i.e. scribal) comparison. By using interlinear glosses, the correspondence between the original Latin word and the Old English rendering can be recognised more clearly than in ordinary prose, and at the same time, a flexible choice of renderings can be seen in some contexts. The author tries to show which Old English words were chosen as renderings, while some Latin words were accepted without translation.

Christian and Related Terms Used in Interlinear Glosses in the Old English Period (Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature, 63)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

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